Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-06-02
pICKETT'S MONUMENT
IT'S 10 BE ERIcrED ON GETTYSBURG
HILL, is HOLLYWOOD.
A Permanent Organization Effected. with
General Terry Pendent Reunion
Not Decided On.

A meeting Of survivors Of PicSct,'s dI-
vision was held at Murphy's Hotel. Eighth
and Broad HIeots, last night. There were
not mere than forty comrades present,
greatly The msjoriiy Of them Of this city.
Amorg those nom o,hcF parts OF the StIte
were Lieutenant GEORGE .. Finch, o. Boyd.
ton. ard Major KoAtt A. Brgb', OF Wi.
nar sbur-, who was ncWbCl al FicketPs
siac.
COS motion q MAJ phillip. Colonel r.
l.. NaLTN was G. 7 "a TO the char ana Cap
ts'u Cbarc, Z. Lo,hr was requested u act
- .cCr tlTN.
tolopd &oury. IN calling tho meeting to
clder. ,Nplained that IT, ohjrci was - coa.
sip,r lhc cue slious 81 cil. ctiug 4 permanent
oraariZ.t on, he leC1tioE cf'r monument
20 ihc memory Of the deed heroes who
we've wcmlCrs Of tie division. and Others
OF muWi2ncr.
syCRETARY's ELPoRT.
Cspisin Lochr. who Wqs secretary OF the
folmcr general mCeiiBg, a, wei as OF the
Executive Committee, read his report. lie
Say>:
Comredcs,-In submitting this my re-
port allow me 10 thank you for the honor
conferred on me aud 10 express The belief
ia ny services have Your approval.
have had n great deal Of CORES 1Ondence
on NV bands. which htS consumed cOnsid-
crabjc time and labor, bul tue pleasure OF
hlaIlug and communicating with those
whose faces and voices were once 50 Ia
miliar 20 me has tecn my reward. WIh
Tie men 10 were on The other side also
quite large amount Of correspondence
VS. Kept up, and IL is pleasant 10 note the
very friendly and iraicrnai greetings we
hsve received. The newspapers OF this
CITY. and also from other places. have noted
all matters Of importance As they occurred,
md 10 The Richmond Dispatch and the
Ncw HOIk UCrGd especially we are under
many obligations for The assistance they
Trrdelcd us in bringing cur association
into notice 90 many OF our comrades whom
otherwise We would have been unable TO
reach. Iii, further worthy of notice that
sItnc m.mhers of The Executive Com nit
lee have p riormed faithfully an thlt was
incurred Of them, and ;lat our meetings
have been blessed by peace and harmony,
without a single interruption.
roENLE GENERAL MEETING.
ON tie an Of February last meeting OF
Tie .UlyIyoT, Of this division was called a.
Muiph,s llotd. Major Charles ri kett
sisted the object to be the formation OF an
association 10 organize a movement for
reunion % The survivors Of Plcketts di-
yi,iou. The following OF 'ers were
cho.tn: President. General William r.
Terry: Vice President, Miior Charles
Pickett: and Secretary, Sergeant G.. L.
Ioeir. An executive committee vita full
loecis 10 make all necessary arrangements
was appointed OF The following comrades
captain William |. Clopten, Maior j. V.
Bidgood, John Murphy. Captain J. L.
Phillips, and Sergeant ". Harper Dean.
ON calling the roll The following commands
were found 10 represented: Regiments
Tir,t, Third, Fourtceuth. Fifteenth, Seven
.e.nta. Ei.nt, entL, Twenty fourth. Thir-
u.th. Tbirly-,ecOuJ, ana Futl-stY'h. Bat
i,iir,: Fay cite ARTILLERY aud Castles bat
iriy. some thin! o. more members present
Nnoi.td Their nalrC-. and 4 collection re-
suited IN pl1cug SJ1j at the disposal OF
'5c .,crotaTy for necessary expense. The
lr,c'iag teen adjourned subject 10 the call
of he Executive Committee.
F,murtl u, 1877. The Executive Com
~ lt,e met. Captain Ilopton and the secre-
vcic ofo,Icd 10 prepare the inclOsed cir
CuAr. herewith submitted, which w.s sent
o. 1N tne newspapers.
TIE secretary then proceeds 10 give in
very concise stylet tue gi>t OF what was done
10 each Of The meetings OF the Executive
committee, al Of " hich has been published
.n the dispatch.
FROM TIE COMMITTEES.
Captain Reeve, chairman OF the Monu-
meui Committee. aud Captain IaliIierrO,
cf The Collecting Committee, Tor the bene-
III II those present WHO had not ATTENDED
the meetings Of the Executive Committee.
made supplemental verbal reports, which,
willie inter, sling TO those, contained no.
thIug new TO our readers.
Captain Taiaitrro stated that be could
not Nv Just cXacIly how much money had
leta collected. A. the collector, had been
fcqu, sted not to make their reports until
sitter this meeting. lie bas in hand about
S4j. Treasurer Bll.ood reported that he
l4, in tank, exclusive Of That collected by
tie collecting Committee. Sl9j -. The
survivors at x ,anoke have SAT-. cribed 500,
mt a. other places smaller sums.
ABOUT GETTYSBURG.
Colonel Maury gave brief history OF
what had been done Iy the Executive Com
mi,iee sud the Wit Oi I sUb-com nittee,
COMPOSED Of himself, Captain Reeve, and
Iaptain CloptOn, 20 GETTYSBURG WIN rel4-
ton 10 erecting monument where Gen
cral Armstcad ieli after the Federal ranks
Lad been pierced. lie was satisfied that the
main difficulty i'm the WAY ol establishing
fine monument al Getty sburg was a portion
Of The inscription proposed to De paced on
Tie monument. The objection raised,
however, hy the mcharigl a,>OcittiOn
va, that under one ot their rules no
d 4Itflll Inc nlIpp1
within The | Mon hines. Thi> rule, Colonel
Maury said, wa, not adopted az the organi-
zttiop # tie ASSOCIATION, bot within the
past few months, since this DIVISION pro-
poscd to place monument az Gettysburg.
This rule ha, cnlv been appiied To one
Slate MARYLAND. Colonel Maury ,ai / thlt
the association proposed 10 carry out plan
fer acquiring strip, % laod and enclosing
the line, oi battle II both Union AMI Con-
iederltc armies for oOnumenl purposes.
he further said ihst the part Of the In
.,iip,iOn objected TO wa, the following
iut.. ak,n from memoranda found in
Icmr4 Lees s4lcLd aficr The surrender
"G,ot.ou. IN lis fate and enyious Is his lot
Ma" i0r Lis country Fights ana Tor hi' coah-
Try dics"
NJ. linen advocated the idea OF pur-
e. a,.us piece Of land al Gettysburg and
,,,ctu. there monument with such in
-eultious q, NAV d. deemed advisable and
ralt The distance and direction 10 the spot
vi,rc Gtueial Arms'cad fell.
to.orc MaUIy and othC., thought that
if monument we're placed at Gettysburg
iow 70 would be di,fiaufed, pulled down,
az b'own up.
Mr.. Finch thcugnt no such feeling rs this
>lould he allowed to cnicr the meeting.
lie cid not tiInk there would be any such
EOuI.c q referTedtO.
PERMANENT ORGANIZATION.
CaMain BidgoOd moved that the meeting
resolve itself into permanent association,
io be known as Pickett. Division Assoca'
lion, for the purpose Of erecting monu'
ment COMMUNICATING the dead comrades
who fell at Gettysburg. Major Bidgood
sid he offered this resolution TO test the
meeting on this cue.tIOn. He called al
tom io the fact that u maintain such organl'
2.iou. requires WORK, and It would bt
useless TO organize unless the association Is
go.ug to be kept up. lie would like to have
4 permaneDt organization, reunion an
wislIy, NJ Which the roll shall b. called. aud
iet tbs continue until there Is not sur
Vyor to answer roll-csll. The resolution
was adopted.
TIE OFFICES.
Captain Bright moved 10 continue tn'
tf'icer, OF the temporary association To-
one wear. Tbs was agreed 10. Tue ON
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